#97aaef

Color #97aaef

A vivid, highly saturated light blue.

Closest named color Cornflower Blue #6495ed · ΔE 15.34 Nearest Tailwind class indigo-300 #a3b3ff · ΔE 3

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Conversions

HEX

#97aaef

RGB

rgb(151, 170, 239)

HSL

hsl(227, 73.3%, 76.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(227, 36.8%, 93.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(36.8%, 28.9%, 0%, 6.3%)

LAB

lab(70.57, 9.85, -36.63)

LCH

lch(70.57, 37.93, 285.05)

OKLCH

oklch(75%, 0.1022, 271.96)

HWB

hwb(227, 59.2%, 6.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#efdc97

Analogous

#97d6ef

#97aaef

#b097ef

Triadic

#97aaef

#ef97aa

#aaef97

Split-complementary

#97aaef

#efb097

#d6ef97

Tetradic

#97aaef

#dc97ef

#efdc97

#aaef97

Square

#97aaef

#ef97d6

#efdc97

#97efb0

Shades

Color #97aaef mixed toward black.

#5f7ce6

#264ede

#1a39a9

#112671

#091338

Tints

Color #97aaef mixed toward white.

#a8b8f2

#bac6f4

#cbd5f7

#dce3fa

#eef1fc

Tones

Color #97aaef mixed toward gray.

#9eaee8

#a6b2e0

#adb7d9

#b4bbd2

#bcbfca

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.26:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.31:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.31:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a0a0e1 · ΔE 5.6

Deuteranopia

#9e9ddd · ΔE 6.3

Tritanopia

#98d5d2 · ΔE 26

Achromatopsia

#adadad · ΔE 20.7

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #97aaef;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#97aaef]

Related colors

Royal Blue #4169e1

Cornflower Blue #6495ed

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Frequently asked questions

#97aaef (#97aaef) is rgb(151, 170, 239) in RGB.

No, #97aaef is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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